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APRIL 30, 2014

Spring is often event season in the nonprofit world and I’ve been involved in my fair share over the past few months as a speaker at a gala, volunteer at a 5k fun run, an attendee at a “friend raiser” for a local politician and a few others in between. Make it count!

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APRIL 4, 2010

So, I ask for volunteers who love leading meetings and making brief presentations. These leaders are then given the meeting agenda (game instructions), keep the group on track, and volunteer to report out. Photo by James Leventhal. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table. Here's a few thoughts. (1)

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Evaluating Next-Gen Volunteer Opportunity Platforms: Forget about the high school community service club : The next generation of volunteering platforms is here -- from Google's All for Good to the President's Serve.gov. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. But can they also combat apathy? Submitted by Michael Smith.

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MAY 2, 2008

I volunteered to be the Dance Cybrarian. Anyone could volunteer to aggregate links in their field on their server - and would be linked to the main library on Switzerland. I used my webcam attached my laptop as my first digital camera to record photos from a conference that I was taking notes for - and then publishing as web pages.

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APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. Peter Deitz, from FOIK, also a nominated project, offers volunteer assistance to the other 149 projects in implementing personal fundraising campaigns. A favorite photo from Jon Stahl, but there are 496 more to browse. Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

The former was led by volunteers and the latter is done by partner organizations with decades of experience. Most of the stunning visuals are shot by Scott himself (he says if anyone shoots 1,000 photos, at least one will be a powerful image). First, charity:water didn’t conceive and run Twestival. Wait a minute!

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Now matter which type of story you choose to tell or what medium you use (video, text, photos), here is a simple storytelling structure you can use to create the first draft of your story: Once upon a time…. Share photos or mini stories about people being helped by your project over the course of the campaign. And everyday until….

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2009

Visit our website to find out how you can contribute video, photos, voice recordings or written advice. In addition to the content collected online, the physical installation will feature an advice-giving booth where “expert” advice-givers will volunteer to share their knowledge. June 6 to Mon. June 8, 9 am to 6 pm.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2006

Photo by 3E by found via FlickrLeech Britt Bravo encourages us to step away from the computer this Thanksgiving. And this year it may very well be virtual volunteering. Jayne Cravens has a great piece on the topic here and you find an excellent how-to article for using SKYPE with virtual volunteers here. Happy Thanksgiving!

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Photo by Borman818. These principles will no doubt be copied, refined, remixed, and extended as nonprofits experiment with social media-powered fundraising techniques: Weaving Together Online/Offline Into Real Time Web Fundraising Events. A great example of how well this multi-channel approach works is the Humane Society’s Spay Day.

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